New national park proposed in Finnish Lapland
The environment ministry has proposed areas in Lapland and Kanta-Häme to become Finland’s next national parks. The Ministry of the
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Canada announces $1.43 million for Inuit protected and conserved area on Hudson Bay island chain
The Canadian government announced on Thursday that they’ll invest $1.43 million in the creation of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved
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Saimaa seal population believed to have grown in Finland
Mild weather and melting ice cover disrupted the spring count, but more pups may have been born than the year
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Sweden not doing enough to protect biodiversity, new report shows
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has published a report with suggestions on how the government can step up its efforts to
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European elk calves struggling in warmer spring months
Warmer and drier spring months in Sweden are making life a struggle for the country’s population of European elk calves,
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2020 shaping up to have second lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record
This season’s sea-ice extent is soon reaching minimum, with a specially sharp decline north of Svalbard and Russia’s Arctic archipelagos.
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Ten billion kroner for Sweden’s upcoming climate budget
Almost ten billion kronor in the upcoming autumn budget will go to measures that help cut climate emissions in industry and
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Feds invests $3.2 million in Indigenous-managed watershed program in northern Canada
The Canadian government will invest $3.2 million in the Seal River Watershed Indigenous Protected Area in the Canadian province of
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Why the pandemic’s pause on travel could be a defining moment for rethinking Antarctic tourism
The current pause on international travel could be an important moment for the international community to rethink the future development
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Norwegian slow TV to feature Svalbard round the clock for nine days
Fascinating viewers for hours and days, the Norwegian slow TV concept takes it to the ultimate with the longest ever
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Equinor drops plan for oil transfer terminal at Veidnes in northern Norway
This Arctic beauty spot will remain exactly that; a beauty spot. The costs of constructing an oil terminal at Veidnes
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More wolves killed since new government incentives in northwest Canada
Dozens of wolves were killed by hunters under a new incentive program last year. But a biologist with the territorial
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Ottawa and Inuit in Atlantic Canada to launch study on protected marine area
A coastal area adjacent to the Torngat Mountains National Park in northern Labrador in Atlantic Canada is under consideration to
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Expedition seeks to better understand underwater sea life in Inuit region of Atlantic Canada
A 10-day research project between an ocean conservation group and the government of the Inuit region of Atlantic Canada wound
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Arctic butterflies get the spotlight in new children’s book
When most people think of Arctic nature, they usually think about ice and snow, seals and polar bears. But a
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